2003 Disco. 85,550 miles. Has oil leak and ticking sound. At LR dealership now. Ticking sound light when first start, than louder once engine heats up. Increases when accelerating. Oil leak, and smells like "burned oil" when turned off. Service rep says sounds like Lifters. No word yet on oil leak. Our VIN falls within the range for the oil pump defect.
We live in Oahu, so do not have access to many places that will work on LR, and we have a AUL extended warranty, so not many places that are not a dealership will take the warranty. Therefore, I am at the dealership mercy. We will have to pay out of pocket for what is not paid by warranty. In the mainland, LR accepted what the warranty would pay so we never had any out of pocket expense. Here, this LR dealership (only one on the island) states that their prices are more than the warranty to cover costs of shipping parts here. Some things are almost twice the amount though, so that would be called price gouging.
Questions: 1. If the ticking is bad lifters, what can we expect this to cost? 2. Have been reading that not many people have any luck with LR replacing the engine due to the oil pump failure, even though a TSB was issued for it, and that was the recommended solution. So what can be done. Will a new oil pump fix the issue, or will it return? How much should a new oil pump cost?
Thank you.
We live in Oahu, so do not have access to many places that will work on LR, and we have a AUL extended warranty, so not many places that are not a dealership will take the warranty. Therefore, I am at the dealership mercy. We will have to pay out of pocket for what is not paid by warranty. In the mainland, LR accepted what the warranty would pay so we never had any out of pocket expense. Here, this LR dealership (only one on the island) states that their prices are more than the warranty to cover costs of shipping parts here. Some things are almost twice the amount though, so that would be called price gouging.
Questions: 1. If the ticking is bad lifters, what can we expect this to cost? 2. Have been reading that not many people have any luck with LR replacing the engine due to the oil pump failure, even though a TSB was issued for it, and that was the recommended solution. So what can be done. Will a new oil pump fix the issue, or will it return? How much should a new oil pump cost?
Thank you.